The Poverty of Disaster: Debt and Insecurity in Eighteenth-Century Britain
- ISBN-10
- 1108496946
- ISBN-13
- 9781108496940
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 302
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-10-31
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Tawny Paul
Description
Examines debt insecurity in eighteenth-century Britain, a period of famously rapid economic growth when many people nevertheless experienced financial failure.
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